Entertainment & Reviews

The 5th Okehampton Food and Music Festival will take place on Saturday 24 June.

Building on the success of previous years, the 2017 Festival will provide even more music, a wide range of foods and special events and a fun evening of music.

A highlight of the day will be recipe demonstrations by award-winning chef, Damian Wawrzyniak. This will take place in The Charter Hall, Market Street.

Okehampton’s streets will be filled with food and drink vendors, street-food stalls and musicians.

Stalls will be open from 9.30am-3pm and musicians will be performing from...

Exeter just wouldn’t be Exeter without the iconic City Gate Hotel, which is why I was thrilled to be invited to stay following the extensive three month revamp. Despite living in Exeter, my husband and I were determined to get the full tourist experience and arrived by train into the City Centre. The signs do not lie and the City Gate is a five minute walk from Exeter’s Central Station. Situated right into the town, but not too close to the shops and restaurants that you get all the noise, the hotel is also near to St David’s train station, various bus and taxi stops and the A30 and M5....

A brave and exciting new concept is launching in Exeter this month.

Think Secret Cinema meets the Summer Of Love and you wont go too far wrong!

A FESTIVAL THAT CHANGED THE WORLD...

Two years before Woodstock, on the weekend of 17th June 1967, 90,000 groovies, soul cats and of course hippies brought their idealistic messages of love ‘n peace to the County Fairgrounds Park in Monterey, California. Semi-clad (and fully-high) young sprites crammed into the Arena to witness one of the major cultural turning points of the 20th Century.

That weekend, the world was...

Your essential guide to What’s On in and around Exeter this weekend (9-11 June).

THEATRE

The Mikado Friday & Saturday, Northcott Theatre, Exeter Sasha Regan’s all male company make a welcome return to Exeter with their latest thrilling all-male version of The Mikado. Gilbert and Sullivan take us to the far away land of Titipu, where their penchant for poking fun at British Institutions combined with their inherent humour and timeless tunefulness make for, arguably, the most popular opera ever written. https://exeternorthcott.co.uk Blush Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed...